AN INDIVIDUAL‐BASED MODEL FOR FERAL HOGS IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

The expansion of feral hog (Sus scrofa) populations in the United States has resulted in increased efforts to develop and implement control strategies designed to minimize the impacts done by this invasive species. We describe an individual‐based model for feral hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). The objectives of the model are to provide an understanding of the population dynamics of this feral hog population and to determine the efficacy of the annual harvest as a population control method. Results suggest that the dynamics of the population are driven by fall hard mast production and the GSMNP harvests currently limit growth of the population, but these control efforts have not reduced the population.     

ON THE HORN EFFECT OF A TYRE/ROAD INTERFACE, PART I: EXPERIMENT AND COMPUTATION

Near the tyre/road contact area, the road surface and the tyre belt form a horn-like geometry, which provides a significant amplification mechanism for sound sources. Measurements have been carried out on a stationary tyre placed on a plane surface in an otherwise anechoic chamber. Following the reciprocal theorem a microphone was placed in the road surface near the contact patch and a white noise source was used in the far field. The amplification by the horn effect can then be determined as a function of frequency for an array of microphone positions relative to the contact patch and the centre of the tyre. These experimental measurements show that the horn effect is responsible for about 10-20dB increase in noise level. The amplification function shows a distinct interference pattern for higher frequencies and is independent of the longitudinal source position for low frequencies and source positions close to the contact patch. Numerical calculations using the indirect boundary element method have been carried out. These show excellent agreement with the measurements in the frequency regime of the BEM, i.e., up to 2500 Hz. The dependence of the horn effect on primary geometrical parameters such as the effect of the radius of curvature of the shoulders, the load and the width of the tyre has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The broad features of the horn effect are given by the cylindrical geometry of the tyre. The rounded edges of the tyre tend to increase the levels of the minima and shift them to higher frequencies, while slightly decreasing the levels of the maxima. Shape variations due to load can be accounted for by correcting the source distance to the edge of the formed contact patch. The amplification at low frequencies increases with width, the results collapsing onto a single curve as a function of the dimensionless widthω /λ.     

The Roper-Suffridge extension operator and classes of biholomorphic mappings

In this paper we give a survey about the Roper-Suffridge extension operator and the developments in the theory of univalent mappings in several variables to which it has led. We begin with the basic geometric properties (most of which now have a number of different proofs) and discuss relations with the theory of Loewner chains and generalizations and modifications of the operator, some of which are very recent. Dedicated to Professor Sheng GONG on the occasion of his 75th birthday     

Dispersion of solid particles in turbulant flow through pipe expansions

Studies of the effects upon gas-liquid two-phase flows of pipefittings such as expansions, contractions, bends, and valveshave usually concentrated upon pressuredrop correlations andhave not attempted to determine changes in the distributionsof the gas and liquid phases caused by the fitting. However,it is known that such information is important if, for example,flow separators, which divide the gas and liquid phases in avariety of industrial processes, are to function efficiently.It is therefore important to gain an understanding of the influenceupon phase distributions of the common pipe fittings mentionedabove, which will be found in almost any industrial pipeworksystem. As a first step, the dispersion of solid particles carriedby turbulent gas flows through a pipe expansion has been modellednumerically. The commercial fluid-flow code CFDS-FLOW{smalltilde}hDas been used to model the gas flow, together with aneddy interaction model for determination of the motion of thesolid particles. Mean particle velocities and root-mean-squarevalues of the particle velocity fluctuations, as well as particleconcentrations, are evaluated and compared with recent experimentalresults. The influence of different eddy-length and eddy-lifetimespecifications upon the dispersion of particles of various sizesis investigated. It is found that the different eddy characteristicshave little effect on predicted mean particle velocities, whereasfluctuations in particle velocities and particle concentrationare sensitive to the changes made. By comparing the resultswith experimental data, it is possible to draw conclusions aboutthe relative merits of the different eddy specifications.     

Calculation of second Kerr effect virial coefficients of H2S

Second Kerr effect virial coefficients B _K of H₂S have been calculated using our recent molecular tensor theory of B _K for molecules of nonlinear symmetry. After optimization of the intermolecular potential interaction parameters and molecular quadrupole moment for H₂S, the calculated B _K values are seen to agree with the experimental values found in the literature to within 10% over the temperature range of the measured data. The components of the quadrupole moment tensor obtained by optimization are not in good agreement with the one set of calculated values reported in the literature.     

ON THE HORN EFFECT OF A TYRE/ROAD INTERFACE, PART II: ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES

In Part I, it was shown that boundary element method calculations could successfully be applied to determine sound amplification by a tyre/road geometry. However, the computations are expensive, limited to frequencies below 2500 Hz, and provide little physical insight. In Part II, two supplementary asymptotic approaches are developed; a ray theory for high frequencies and a compact body scattering model for low frequencies. When tested on a representative tyre geometry, these methods are found to have excellent predictive capabilities, at frequencies above 3k Hz and below 300 Hz respectively. Furthermore, the ray theory shows that the neglect of curvature in Ronneberger's wedge model (1989 Workshop on Rolling Noise Generation, Institut fur Technische Akustik, Technische Universitat, Berlin) leads to erroneous amplification levels and interference effects, and the scattering model intriguingly predicts that low frequency amplification increases with belt width independently of the tyre diameter. Lastly, this work confirms the importance of numerical calculations for the intermediate frequencies, where tyre noise is most significant.     

稳态实验考察经模拟道路老化的全配方稀燃Nox捕集催化剂上的Nox还原

Fully formulated lean NOx trap(LNT)catalysts of the type Pt/Rh/BaO/Al2O3 were prepared with and without incorporation of CeO2-ZrO2 in the washcoat,and their NOx reduction behavior was evaluated in steady-state,continuous flow experiments.In the fresh state, the CeO2-ZrO2 addition was found to exert little effect on NOx reduction activity using H2,CO,and NH3 as the reductants.However,after simulated road aging,NOx reduction activity was significantly impaired for the CeO2-ZrO2-free catalyst,whereas the perfo...     

Vibrational—rotational dependence of molecular properties. Electric field gradients for HCl,LiCl, NaCl and KCl

The vibrational—rotational dependence of the nuclear quadrupole coupling constant (NQCC) for the isotopes ²H, ⁷Li, ²³Na, ³⁹K, and ³⁵Cl is analysed in detail for the diatomic Group 1 chlorides HCl, LiCl, NaCl and KCl. The potential energy curves were calculated pointwise by using coupled cluster techniques. The electric field gradients (EFGs) and dipole moments were obtained analytically from a QCISD procedure using the Z vector method. Generally the calculated spectroscopic properties are in very good agreement with experimental data. Relativistic effects taken into account by a coupled cluster Douglas—Kroll procedure can safely be neglected for the electric field gradients up to potassium. The Inglis model which explains the trend and magnitudes of EFGs within an ionic model of weakly polarized atoms is analysed. According to this model the derivatives of the EFG, ? ⁿ q(R)/?R ⁿ, with respect to the internuclear distance R should show alternating sign behaviour with increasing power n. Hence, the mechanical anharmonicity (deviation from Hooke's law potential) and the electrical anharmonicity (curvature of q(R)) are of different sign, and we expect partial cancellation of anharmonicity effects in the vibrational dependence of the NQCCs. Nevertheless, a perturbative vibrational—rotational analysis reveals a strong dependence of the chlorine and Group 1 element NQCCs on the vibrational level due to dominating mechanical anharmonicity.